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authorGravatar John Kohl <jtkohl@mit.edu>1988-11-22 06:50:09 +0000
committerGravatar John Kohl <jtkohl@mit.edu>1988-11-22 06:50:09 +0000
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treea635378841f6a39585756de36394ac718cccaa0d /clients/zwrite
parentc0237ad5afdbdc4ec070f464e7da4de46f0e3b7d (diff)
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diff --git a/clients/zwrite/zwrite.1 b/clients/zwrite/zwrite.1
index b7c1aa7..132388b 100644
--- a/clients/zwrite/zwrite.1
+++ b/clients/zwrite/zwrite.1
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
.\"
.\"
-.TH ZWRITE 1 "July 1, 1988" "MIT Project Athena"
+.TH ZWRITE 1 "November 22, 1988" "MIT Project Athena"
.ds ]W MIT Project Athena
.SH NAME
zwrite \- write to another user via Zephyr
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ zwrite \- write to another user via Zephyr
] [
.BI -n
] [
+.BI -s
+signature ] [
.BI -c
class ] [
.BI -i
@@ -111,6 +113,14 @@ When the
.B \-m
option is used, no PING is sent.
.TP
+.B \-s \fIsignature\fR
+sets the signature to be included in the message. This overrides any
+setting of the Zephyr variable \fIzwrite-signature\fR.
+\fIsignature\fR must
+be a single argument, hence when using a shell it should be quoted with
+double quotes. A \fIsignature\fR argument of "" has the same effect as
+leaving \fIzwrite-signature\fR unset (see below).
+.TP
.B \-c \fIclass\fR
Allows a user to specify a different class for the message. This allows
a message to be sent to a large group of people with some degree of
@@ -167,7 +177,9 @@ variables \fIzwrite-class\fR and \fIzwrite-inst\fR, respectively.
Command-line options override the defaults.
.PP
If the Zephyr variable \fIzwrite-signature\fR is set, its contents are used
-to augment the user's username in the message.
+to augment the user's username in the message, unless the
+.B -s
+option is used.
.SH BUGS
Tab expansion should really be done by the receiver of the message.
.br